1. NARRATIVE TEXT bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly.
Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest
Definition of Narrative works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor,
cleaning the pot and pan and preparing the food
for the family. The two step sisters, on the other
Narrative is a text focusing specific
hand, did not work about the house. Their mother
participants. Its social function is to tell
gave them many handsome dresses to wear.
stories or past events and entertain the
One day, the two step sister received an invitation
readers.
to the ball that the king’s son was going to give at
the palace. They were excited about this and spent
Generic Structure of Narrative
so much time choosing the dresses they would
wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away
A narrative text will consists of the went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help
following structure: crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She
1. Orientation: Introducing the looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing
participants and informing the time beside her, “because I want so much to go to the
and the place ball” said Cinderella. “Well” said the
godmother,”you’ve been such a cheerful,
2. Complication: Describing the rising hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to
crises which the participants have to see that you do go to the ball”.
do with Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin
into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and
3. Resolution: Showing the way of two footmen. Her godmother tapped Cinderella’s
participant to solve the crises, better raged dress with her wand, and it became a
or worse beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of
pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said;
Language Features of Narrative “You must leave before midnight”. Then away she
drove in her beautiful coach.
· Using processes verbs Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time.
She danced again and again with the king’s son.
· Using temporal conjunction Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran
toward the door as quickly as she could. In her
· Using Simple Past Tense hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he
would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass
slipper. Her step sisters tried on the slipper but it
Example of Narrative Text was too small for them, no matter how hard they
squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s
page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out
CINDERELLA her foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It
fitted perfectly.
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son
Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two was overjoyed to see her again. They were married
step sisters. and live happily ever after.
The step mother and sisters were conceited and

2. Notes on Generic Structure of Narrative Text
Orientation: it means to introduce the
participants or the characters of the story with
the time and place set. Orientation actually
exists in every text type though it has
different term. In this story, the first
paragraph is clearly seen to introduce the
participants of the Cinderella Story. They were
Cinderella herself as the main character of the
story, her step mother which treated
Cinderella badly, and her steps sister which
supported her mother to make Cinderella was
treated very badly. Cinderella was introduced
as a hero in this story. She struggled against
the bad treatment from her step mother and
sisters.
Complication: it is such the crisis of the story.
If there is not the crisis, the story is not a
narrative text. In a long story, the
complication appears in several situations. It
means that some time there is more than one
complication. In this Cinderella story, we can
see clearly that there are Major Complication
and Minor Complication.
The second paragraph is the major
complication of this Cinderella story.
Cinderella got bad treatment from her
stepmother. It is the bad crisis which drives
into several minor complications which
Cinderella has to overcome.
Resolution: it is the final series of the events
which happen in the story. The resolution can
be good or bad. The point is that it has been
accomplished by the characters. Like
complication, there are Major Resolution and
Minor Resolution.
In the last paragraph, it is said that finally
Cinderella lived happily. It is the happy
resolution of the bad treatment.